Bath News Roundup From City Board Visits to Local Sports
Portland's Board of Trade plans a Bath visit next Thursday while New Meadows Inn opens next Wednesday. Potatoes selling at $1.25 a bushel. rhubarb appears in Bath homes. Bath Merchants' association rooms near opening, Colonial club dines at New Meadows Inn next Tuesday. Sunday sees river trips despite poor weather. Bath youths boast 20 plus baseball teams as local play remains strong. Police search liquor near gas house yields no arrests. R. H. Jack of Bowdoinham certified as deputy sheriff. Open cars and rain cause changes on local line. Bath commission form plans due by October 1. First Kennebec sturgeon caught by Al Ridley, six and a half feet, dressed 70 pounds, 5 pounds caviare. Hyde Guards mark 22nd birthday, formerly Bath Light Infantry and Hyde Guards. Charles W. Kingsbury expects big crowd at Ala meda for Kid Fleming vs John Stewart Maine 140 title and prelims. Bath Athletics face Bowdoinham this noon. Bowdoinham-Cabots dispute aging decision last Saturday. Maine Central may build a new passenger station to enlarge freight yard amid fast growth. Bath continues to build faster than expected, regardless of vehicle or vessel type.
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Bath
R. H. Jack
Bowdoinham
Fred H. Thompson
Commission
Kennebec
al Ridley
Charles W. Kingsbury
Alameda
Kid Fleming
Oldtown
John Stewart
Bangor
Maine
Bath Athletics
Brunswick
Cadots
Cabots
Maine Central
Rockland Division
Steers, summer cottages, and Bath hometown notes from QUA
The page details Samuel Bates of Sabine owning a pair of matched three year old steers weighing 2500 pounds and to be used in spring plowing. It notes repairs and openings for Greenleaf cottage at Sabine, summer railway service resuming in Bath, and various Bath Sabine visitors and summer activity including inns, cottages, boats, and a fire damage repair in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bates
Sabine
Topsham
Kelley’s Platform for Sagada County Road Improvements
Candidate Kelley pledges to improve Maine road laws and connect Bath by upgrading state roads within city limits. He cites Bath’s isolation by a blocked ocean access via a custom house and a low bridge, proposing to lower grades and reduce highway barriers if nominated and elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagada‘hoe County
Maine
Bath
Custom House
United States
Foxy Frenchman Hauls Water For Five Dollar Auto Aid
The Independent chronicles a Maine country road scam where a clever Frenchman dumps water to trap drivers into a hole, then charges five dollars for pulling out the car. One Bath motorist confronted him in English and paid the same, noting education is valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ben
Bath
Old Time Picture Shown To Bath Firemen
The Independent reports an old framed photograph featuring 48 firemen in Bath Maine with a historic hand engine and hose reel. It was presented to Kennebec Engine Company No 1 by Dedham Mass Niagara Engine Company No 3 likely around January 1869. The paper invites local veterans to share any knowledge of the image’s presentation.
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Kennebec Engine Company, No
Bath
Maine
Niagara Engine Company No. 3
Dedham
Mass
Bath Company
Boston
Independent
Gouraud's Oriental Beauty Leaves Ad
A dainty booklet of perfumed powdered leaves for facial touchups. It is compact for purses and ideal when the face is moist or flushed, avoiding powder spills. Removes ore soot and grease, leaving a cool delicate bloom. Sent for ten cents to F. T. Hopkins, 37 Great Jones St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gouraud
F. T. Hopkins
Great Jones St
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Portland
Board of Trade
New Meadows Inn
Bath Merchants’ Association
Colonial Club
Hyde Guards
Bath Light Infantry
Hyde Light Guards
West Bath
Charles Foote
Charles W. Lee
H. A. Duncan
Joseph Footer
Jenks J. Mitchell
Charles Bates Jr
Samuel R Percy
George Dean
Sabino
Oakes Blaisdell
Robert Small
New Meadows
Charles H. Cahill
Lewiston
Auburn
Morse High
Grange Hall
Mona Wyse
Swett’s
Mr. Davis
Dreamland Theatre
Fred W. Brown
Henry Holden
Chase Company of
Rochester
Harry Lemont
New Meadows Boat Club
PF. A. Higgins
Sanford’s Crossing
Annie Wylie
Bi Nelly
A. J. Jgezins
Walter Potter
John A. Beals
E. W. Haggett
North Bath
Fred Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Isaac W. Coombs
Foster's Point
Hoss Shay
Kelley
William Dpd. Sewall
Dorothy
Mr. Sewall
Mark Sewall
Clare Coombs
John Crosby
Kents Hill
Lester Whittier
Searsport
Brunswick Dramatic Club
Percy Manc- Ware
Jady Gregory
Mpdward Rostand
Town Hall
Harold M. Sewall
Sewall
Louisville
Miriam Kimball
Nortonville
Anne Kimball
Woolwich
Nequasset
Gladys Parker
Nashua
N. H
Walter Ellis
George Luce
First Baptist Church
the Universalist Church
Serge
Thompson Bros. Bath’s
One Price Clothiers
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
J. F. Upton
Winnegance
Berkshire
Alex J. Coffin, Jr
Sebasco Estates
Sebasco, Me
Conley’s Specialty Store
Walter C. Parker CO
Wlalter O Parker Co
Center St
Bon Ton
Crescent Knitting Mills
John L. Cook
Donf, Cook, Admr
Pine Ave
Keene, NH
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